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Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Organisation of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales") ["... [Howell's] approach... is to remove the threat of legislation for the foreseeable future... I would suggest that you endorse... [his] approach for public consumption, while suggesting to him that he makes it plain to the industry, and especially the CEGB, that it is "on probation" and that the Government will review the case for legislation after a decent interval..."] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1874 f52
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Energy, Parliament, Union of UK nations